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    Political Scandals

    Slideshow • Politics • ISSUE 47•24 • Jun 16, 2011
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    • President Creates Cabinet-Level Position To Coordinate Scandals

      WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush announced a new Cabinet-level position to coordinate all current and future scandals facing his party.
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    • International Con Man Barack Obama Leaves U.S. With $85 Million In Campaign Fundraising

      CHICAGO—"If you are reading this," said Obama's farewell note. "Then I have already left your silly country with a woman you have come to know as 'Michelle.'"
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    • Candidate May Have Lied About Heroic Death In Vietnam

      MONTGOMERY, AL—In a major scandal that could cast doubt on his political future, U.S. Senate candidate Chris Wilfred came under fire this week for comments he made alleging he had died heroically while fighting in the Vietnam War.
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    • British Government Releases Scandalous Benny Hill Tapes

      LONDON—The saucy-wordplay-laden tapes, banned in 1982 for being
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    • 63 Percent Of U.S. Implicated In New Scandal

      WASHINGTON, DC—The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that more than 63 percent of all U.S. citizens have been implicated in an illegal stock-dumping, the latest scandal to rock the nation's economy.
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    • Report: Presidents Washington Through Bush May Have Lied About Key Matters

      WASHINGTON, DC—In allegations likely to further erode Americans' faith in the office of the presidency, presidents George Washington through George W. Bush may have lied about key matters of national import during their tenures as chief executive, an independent-counsel investigation asserted Monday.
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    • Army Cadets Under Investigation For 'Killing'

      FORT BENNING, GA—The defense secretary has ordered a full investigation into all rumored cases of Army-related killing.
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    • Freshman Senator Dies In Hazing Incident

      WASHINGTON, DC—The future of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is in question following Tuesday's death of a freshman senator in what authorities believe to be a hazing incident.
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    • 34 Congressmen Arrested In D.C. Cockfighting Crackdown

      WASHINGTON, DC—Washington police seized members from the House and Senate in the latest crackdown on blood sports in U.S. government.
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    • New Speaker Of The House Caught Wearing Women’s Clothing

      Cameras captured the speaker wearing what appeared to be a skirt and high heels.
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